BILL NUMBER: AB 2648INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member De Leon FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 104162.2 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to Medi-Cal. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2648, as introduced, De Leon. Medi-Cal: cancer screening. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income persons are provided with health care services, including breast and cervical cancer services. Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health participates in a grant program through the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide breast and cervical cancer early detection screening to women who meet specified eligibility criteria. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change in this provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 104162.2 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 104162.2. For the purposes of establishing eligibility for treatment services under this article, breast or cervical cancer screens performed by providers or entities not described in subdivision (c) of Section 104162 may be used only to the same extent the screens are used by the Medi-Cal program for the purpose of determining eligibility pursuant to Section 14007.71 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, as approved by the federalHealth Care Financing AdministrationCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) .